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Founded in 1132 by 12 Cistercian monks, the monastery grew rapidly. Around 1300 the monastery reached its peak size with 140 monks and maybe 500 lay brothers. But at the same time, the abbey had incurred debts - just like modern start-ups growing too fast. There were problems like an epidemic of sheep scab and attacks by the Scots. The monks were in severe financial problems. In the mid 14th century, the black death caused a great reduction in population and made it difficult to recruit new lay brothers for manual labour. At the end, the abbey had shrunk almost to the size it had, when it started - 14 monks, three lay brothers and the abbot. This scenery replaces the house occupying the site of the abbey church in the default scenery with a more realistic church model. For more information, please read the README.TXT file contained in the zip-archive

The two tall buildings of the Kassel incineration plant are a well visible land mark in Kassel's East. They may not be 100% accurate, but show what is visible from the outside of the plant. The new version adds some smaller buildings and chimneys visible when approaching the plant from the south. For more information please read the README.TXT file contained in the ZIP-archive. The previous upload had an incomplete zip-archive. The readme.txt file was missing.

MSFS Scenery--Helmsley Castle (North Yorkshire, UK); Helmsley is a small market town situated at the southern edge of the North York Moors. The castle, on the west side of the town, was initially constructed in wood around 1120, was converted into a stone castle with works beginning only about 65 years later. In subsequent decades the castle was further extended, fortified and made more comfortable to live in. But is was until the times of the Civil war that it was besieged, taken and destroyed. Only the Mansion was spared. In the following centuries the castle was owned by various people and left to decay. In the 18th century it became a pictoresque decoration of the Duncombe Park estate with its country house built nearby. For more information please read the readme.txt file contained in the archive.